§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the wages councils, the industries they cover, and the level of wage rates they determine.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyA list of wages councils, indicating the industries they cover, is as follows:
- Aerated waters.
- Boot and shoe repairing.
- Button manufacturing.
- Clothing manufacturing.
- Coffin furniture and cerement-making.
- Cotton waste reclamation.
- Flax and hemp.
- Fur.
- General waste materials reclamation.
- Hairdressing undertakings.
- Hat, cap and millinery.
- Lace finishing.
- Laundry.
- Licensed non-residential establishment.
- Licensed residential establishment and licensed restaurant.
- Linen and cotton handkerchief and household goods and linen piece goods.
- Made-up textiles.
- Ostrich and fancy feather and artifical flower.
- Perambulator and invalid carriage.
- Retail bespoke tailoring.
- Retail food and allied trades.
- Retail trades (non-food).
- Rope, twine and net.
- Sack and bag.
- Toy manufacturing.
- Unlicensed place of refreshment.
Wages councils determine minimum pay rates and other conditions of service for many different categories of workers and for a variety of circumstances. For this reason, it is not practicable to publish the statutory minimum rates which are set out in full in the orders made by the councils. Copies of the wages orders are available in the Library.